[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2000)]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Rectifications to the NAFTA Rules of Origin in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of rectifications to the NAFTA rules of origin in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

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SUMMARY:  The Office of the United States Trade Representative is 
providing notice of certain rectifications to the rules of origin for 
goods covered by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), as 
set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). 
These rectifications are intended to maintain consistency between the 
HTS and the NAFTA rules or origin.

DATES:  The effective date of the rectifications is March 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Rachel Shub, Associate General 
Counsel, (202) 395-7305, 600 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20508.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Through an exchange of letters in February 
2000, the United States, Mexico, and Canada (the NAFTA Parties) agreed 
to certain technical rectifications to the rules of origin contained in 
Annexes 401 and 403.1 of the NAFTA. These rectifications are intended 
to maintain consistency between Annexes 401 and 403.1 and the tariff 
schedules of the NAFTA Parties. The appendix to this notice embodies 
these rectifications in the NAFTA rules or origin set forth in general 
note 12(t) of the HTS.
    Proclamation 6969 of January 27, 1997 (62 FR 4415, January 29, 
1997) authorized the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to 
exercise the authority provided to the President under Section 601 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (the 1974 Act), as amended by Public Law 100-418, 
88 Stat. 2073 (19 U.S.C. 2483), to embody rectifications, technical or 
conforming changes, or similar modifications in the HTS. Under 
authority vested in USTR by Proclamation 6969 and the authority vested 
in the President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, 
including, but not limited to, section 604 of the 1975 Act and section 
202(q) of the NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3332(q)), the 
rectifications, technical or conforming changes, and similar 
modifications set forth in the appendix to this notice shall be 
embodied in the HTS with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after March 1, 2000.

    Dated: February 22, 2000.
Charlene Barshefsky,
United States Trade Representative.

Appendix

    Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after March 1, 2000.
(1) General note 12(t) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States is modified as follows:
    (a) TCR 29.8 is modified by deleting ``(A)'' and by deleting 
subdivision (B) of such TCR together with its designation;
    (b) TCR 85.5A is modified by deleting ``tariff item,'' and by 
inserting in lieu thereof ``subheading,'',
    (c) TCR 85.80(A) is modified by deleting ``8471.92'' and by 
inserting in lieu thereof ``8471.60'';
    (d) TCR 86.4(B) is modified by deleting ``from tariff item'' and 
by inserting in lieu thereof ``from tariff items 8607.19.06 or''; 
and
    (e) TCRs 87.40 through 87.42, inclusive, are deleted and the 
following new TCR is inserted in lieu thereof:

``40.                (A) A change to headings 8711 through 8713 from any
                      other heading, including another heading within
                      that group, except from heading 8714, or
                     (B) A change to headings 8711 through 8713 from
                      heading 8714, whether or not there is also a
                      change from any other heading, including another
                      heading within that group, provided there is a
                      regional value content of not less than:
                       (1) 60 percent where the transaction value method
                        is used, or
                       (2) 50 percent where the net cost method is
                        used.''
 

(2) Chapter 29 of the HTS is modified by inserting in numerical 
sequence the following new subheading, with the article description 
at the same level of indentation as the article description of 
subheading 2905.49.10:

[2905                          Acyclic...:]
                                 [Other...:]
[2095.49                           Other:]
``2905.49.20                       Esters of glycerol         8.2%   Free (A*, CA, E, IL, J,  54.5%''
                                    formed with acids                 K, MX).
                                    of heading 2904
 

    Conforming change: General note 4(d) is modified by inserting in 
numerical sequence ``2905.49.20 India''.
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